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Culture

Kaouther Ben Hania’s Impossible Cinema

With The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Tunisian director has made history as the first Arab woman to receive three Academy Award nominations. More importantly, though, she’s made a groundbreaking film that won’t be forgotten

The Designer Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Arabic Campaign Has a Bigger Vision

Arabic typography has always been political. Now, from campaign trails to museum walls, a Brooklyn designer is pushing the script into its next chapter

Culture

Sarah Elawad Built a Fashion Brand From Morning Texts

Culture

A Beginner’s Guide to Raï Music

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Kaouther Ben Hania’s Impossible Cinema

New Watches to Dial In for Spring 2026

The Whoop MG Knows You’re Skipping Leg Day

Beard Oil vs Beard Butter: What You Actually Need

Men of the Year

Culture
Haifa Wehbe Was Here First
Mythologised, mocked, yet endlessly imitated – the Lebanese singer and pop culture icon has made a career out of living exactly as she pleases
Culture
Mo Amer Is Building Something Big
The Palestinian American added a third Netflix comedy special to a stellar second season of Mo in the last 12 months alone, and he’s not stopping any time soon
Culture
Al Shami Is on a Charm Offensive
The Syrian superstar has taken hearts – and plaudits – across the Arab-speaking world this year with his rapid single releases. Fact is, he’s only just getting started
Culture
The Wide-Ranging Joy of Lucien Laviscount
How Lucien Laviscount has built a world on passion, discipline, and a joy he insists on keeping
Culture
Amir El-Masry Was Born to Be Prince
From a breakout role in Egyptian comedy, to the Star Wars universe and MI5, Amir El-Masry is ready for a crack at the title
Culture
Kerem Bürsin Has Much to Explore
The Turkish star built his career inside one of the world’s most intense TV ecosystems. Now, Kerem Bürsin is thinking beyond the leading-man fantasy
Culture
Mosab Abu Toha Wants To Speak for Himself
After his portrayal of the war in Gaza for The New Yorker won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, the Palestinian writer and poet is on a mission to make authentic voices heard
Culture
The Fast Times of Isack Hadjar
The French Algerian racing driver is the first with Arab roots on the F1 circuit, and, after a stellar rookie year, things are speeding up nicely

Style

How to Actually Clean White Sneakers (Without Killing Them)

The hacks you were never showed to keep your grails fresh

Style

The Virgil Abloh Air Jordan 1 “Alaska” Is Making a Comeback

The all-white, Europe-exclusive colourway returns eight years after its initial debut

Style

Are These Tabi Asics the First It Sneakers of 2026?

Kiko Kostadinov just unveiled his flyest Asics collab yet

Style

Burberry Showed What London After Dark Is Like

Daniel Lee’s Fall/Winter 2026 collection captured that energy

Grooming

Beard Oil vs Beard Butter: What You Actually Need

Consider this your official beard briefing

Grooming

How to Get Rid of Blackheads – And Prevent Them in the First Place

Four ways to unclog your pores for good

Grooming

A Finasteride Nightmare: Inside the Dark Side of the Hair-Loss Drug

Marc stopped taking his hair loss medication when strange symptoms occurred. Then his life began to unravel

Grooming

What is Bonesmashing? Inside the Extreme Looksmaxxer Technique

As looksmaxxing enters our lexicon, the practice of bonesmashing – tapping your face with a hammer to shape your bone structure – is trailing close behind

Culture

How Maktaba Became Montreal’s Majlis for Artists

Founded by Sundus Abdul Hadi and Yassin ‘Narcy’ Alsalman, Maktaba is the space to imagine new cultural possibilities

Culture

ZYN Enters a New Chapter with Scuderia Ferrari HP

In Milan, we catch up with Nikolaus Ricketts, PMI’s President Oral Products

Culture

How Baghdad Reimagined Modernism

NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery’s latest exhibition traces how artists in Baghdad conducted the twentieth century’s most important modernist experiments

Culture

Sayyid El Alami Is Next In Line

Nominated for France's equivalent of an Oscar for his role in La Pampa, the Moroccan-French actor is proving to be be more than a quiet newcomer

Culture

We’re Deep in the Age of Looksmaxxing

Men are on a mission to be perfect and attractiveness is now a gamified metric

Culture

What It’s Like to Observe Ramadan With an Eating Disorder

Notes from those who are navigating a balance between body health and culture

Fitness

The Whoop MG Knows You’re Skipping Leg Day

In a world where half of us abandon our New Year fitness goals by February, an AI coach might finally help keep us in the gym

Fitness

True Longevity Is About Living Better

Somewhere along the way, living to 100 became our definition of a well lived life. A clean number. A perfect symbol. The catch? Actually pulling it off.

Fitness

Sauna vs. Steam Room: Which Is Better for You?

Which locker-room hot box has the best health benefits? We asked experts to settle the heated rivalry

Fitness

How to Sleep Smarter This Ramadan

Expert-backed tips for catching zzz’s before they catch you

Food & Drink

Hot Water vs. Cold Water: Which Is Better for Digestion?

Chinamaxxers say avoiding cold water is the key to feeling better. We asked both a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinician and a longevity doctor to weigh in